Global Daily Tax News, Australia Flags Imminent Personal Tax Return Deadline, (Oct 28, 2024)

The Australian Taxation Office has issued a reminder to taxpayers to lodge their income tax return or engage an agent before the October 31, 2024, deadline.

Over 9.4 million Australians have already lodged, with a further 1.5 million taxpayers who have yet to appoint an agent required to lodge this year.

ATO Assistant Commissioner Rob Thomson said: "The ATO is receiving a spike of lodgments, with an average of almost 60,000 individuals lodging each day in October as the deadline approaches. In fact, we've had over 1 million lodgments so far this month alone."

"Firstly, a reminder to those who've done the right thing and deliberately held off finalizing their tax return until pre-filled information is available, now's the time to log back into the App or myTax, finalise and press lodge."

"If you're going to engage a registered tax professional and you're not already on their books, you should do this before October 31," he said.